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Whether we’re inspiring potential future architects to develop solutions to social issues or educating the general public on critical community development topics, SAF is fostering a deeper understanding of how design impacts our lives.More than 6,000 people a year participate in SAF programs, and your gift will help us to:INSPIRE YOUTH: SAF engages more than 500 youth each year in innovative programs for children, teens and tweens on weekends and in school settings. Model building workshops and other programs go beyond simply creating structures and drawings. SAF provides a historical perspective on architecture and design topics and challenges youth to envision their ideal built environment through use of current technologies and renewable systems and materials.EDUCATE THE PUBLIC: Through entertaining walking tours that take locals and visitors through Seattle’s downtown core and through our great neighborhoods, SAF covers ground like no other organization in Seattle. In addition, our Design in Depth Series invites the public to engage in panel discussions around topics that pertain to the built environment.ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY: For the past 16 years, Seattle’s architecture and design community comes together to exhibit a diverse selection of physical and digital architectural models at our annual model exhibit. In addition to making these models accessible to the general public, SAF offers free programming and social events to engage a variety of audiences in developing a deeper understanding the role that architecture and design plays in shaping our communities.

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Don't miss this tour of the current exhibit at the Center for Architecture & Design!

Recipient of AIA Seattle’s 2018 Emerging Professionals Travel Scholarship, Laura Bartunek Assoc. AIA explored the concept of rain as a creative catalyst within design. Rain, so often approached as a universal foe to be deflected away from buildings, became the focus as both an ecological and cultu... ... See more

The famous Cherry Trees that line the UW Quad should be in bloom for this tour. Enjoy a beautiful walk surrounded by pink blossoms while learning about the eclectic mix of architectural styles on the UW campus. ... See more

The famous Cherry Trees that line the UW Quad should be in bloom for this tour. Enjoy a beautiful walk surrounded by pink blossoms while learning about the eclectic mix of architectural styles on the UW campus. Come see how this glorious “University of a Thousand Years” has managed ... See more

It’s a new riff on the city as we focus on the construction, context, and culture which shaped our skyline, from golden oldies like Kirtland Cutter’s Rainier Club to popular favorites like the Rem Koolhaas’ asymmetric, cantilevered Central Library. You’ll develop an appreciat ... See more

March 16, 2019 - Ever wonder what goes into putting on an art exhibition? Here's two weeks worth of 1-second glimpses, captured almost every day, into how this large-scale exhibition for Yəhaw̓ Show - Indigenous Creatives is coming together: unpacking art, laying it out in groups, moving huge pieces between floors, painting, measuring wall space, building installations and so much more.

This inaugural exhibition by Indigenous creatives and the Grand Opening of our new cultural space, ARTS at King Street Station, is Saturday, March 23. You're coming, right? RSVP here:

This illustrated talk by artisan Theodore Ellison from Oakland, California traces the introduction of mosaic in the buildings of progressive American architects at the turn of the 20th century. Their collaboration with craftspeople created a new language for using mosaic in the home and provided a unique canvas for experimental approaches to decorative design. ... See more

It’s a new riff on the city as we focus on the construction, context, and culture which shaped our skyline, from golden oldies like Kirtland Cutter’s Rainier Club to popular favorites like the Rem Koolhaas’ asymmetric, cantilevered Central Library. You’ll develop an appreciat ... See more